Paper box



J. B. PARKER. Paper-Box.

No. 225,414. Patented Mar. 9, 1880.

N- PETERS, FHDTO-YLITHOGRAPHER, WASKINBTOAN, D. c.

UNITE STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES B. PARKER, OF MEMPHIS, ALABAMA.

PAPER BOX.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 225,414, dated March 9, 1880. Application filed August 5, 1879.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JAMES B. PARKER, of Memphis. in the county of Pickens and State of Alabama, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Paper Boxes for Sample-Goods; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to improvements in paper boxes for securely holding samples of flour, seed, 850., and is designed as an improved article of manufacture.

it consists of a cylindrical pasteboard body having a male screw-thread upon the rim thereof, and a lid or top having a female screw, so that the two parts can be joined together and held so as to insure the safety of its contents.

In the drawings, Figure 1 represents a perspective view of the lid or cover of the box,

and Fig. 2 a side view of the body.

Similar letters of reference occurring on the several figures indicate like parts.

B represents the cylindrical body of the box, which is constructed of pasteboard and pro vided with a male screw-thread, D, stamped or rolled upon the rim during the operation of forming the box.

G represents the lid or cover, which is also constructed of pasteboard and provided with a female screw-thread, D, stamped thereon during the operation of forming the same.

It will be observed that boxes for holding samples as hitherto constructed could not be securely fastened except by sealin g them, which method has been found to be objectionable, for the reason that the samples of goods sent through the mails had to be sealed up to secure the same, and consequently cost more for postage, and had to be destroyed or'defaced in opening; and, further, when such boxes were used by traveling salesmen they had to be sealed or tied to secure their contents, thus rendering them liable to become broken or damaged when opened, and rendering them unfit for further use.

By means of my present improvements these defects are entirely obviated, as it is only necessary to fill the boxes with the sample-goods and secure the top thereto by two or more turns of the screw-threads. By these means goods can be sent through the mails at a cheaperrate than those which are sea-led, as the boxes can be opened in a moment for the inspection of their contents, and as readily closed again, which is equally true where the boxes are used by traveling salesmen, and permits of the box being used over and over again until worn out.

The advantages of my invention will be readily apparent, inasmuch as it combines in its construction and operation a high degree of utility, simplicity, and economy, with aready adaptation to the purpose contemplated.

I am aware that it is not new to provide receptacles of various kinds with screw-threads for the purpose of holding them together, nor do I desire to claim such a construction broadly; but

What I do claim as new and useful is- As an improved article of manufacture, the hereindescribed paper box for samplegoods, composed of the cylindrical pasteboarol body B and top 0, provided with'male and female screw-threads D, respectively, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

, JAMES BENJAMIN PARKER.

Witnesses:

G. W. MGGARTY,

SAUNDERS SELDEN. 

